Indonesia’s government has been at pains to stress that the recent catastrophe in Sumatra was triggered by a rare ...

Kiev is rapidly losing its combat-ready contingent, as the mobilization has already affected middle-aged men and even teenagers. This was announced on November 15 by Pink Floyd group founder Roger ...

Last May, the Japanese Minister of Agriculture resigned after commenting that he never bought rice because his supporters gave it to him. Taku Eto’s petulance wouldn’t have generated so much public ...

A report that President Donald Trump is preparing to offer Russian President Vladimir Putin economic incentives to encourage him to end the war in Ukraine—including opening up access to natural ...

Among ongoing efforts to rethink the basic tenets of mainstream economics is a provocative new book by James Galbraith and Jing Chen. The authors sweep aside the intellectual structure of mainstream ...

SHADE: The Promise of a Forgotten Natural Resource. By Sam Bloch. Random House. 336 pages. $32. The cities of ancient Mesopotamia were oases for travelers trying to escape the sun’s heat. Urban shade ...

The cornerstones of our digital world—from smartphone apps to new digital assets and artificial intelligence tools—didn’t exist back in 2008, the last time the world’s statistical community overhauled ...

Federal and state environmental laws impose liability on responsible parties not only for the investigation and remediation of contamination caused by releases of hazardous substances, but also for ...

Unless federal government takes urgent steps, Nigerians may face acute food insecurity in the years ahead with the alarming rate of depletion of vital resources such as marine and inland fish stocks ...